submitted 2 days ago by Linucksman@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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Trump announced a deal is being worked on with Belarus to supply potash. Already announced by their leader it would be impossible to supply so contradictory to what honest Don says. Seems silly and easily shot down as a bluff. Drowsy Don is really loosing it he looks like a walking ghoul.

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[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

It's just a desperate attempt to hold onto farmer and rancher votes for the mid-terms:

https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/41828

The United States is working on a massive Deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus. The pricing would be for substantially less than we are currently paying to Canada, very good news for our Farmers and Ranchers. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Lots of details are missing from this supposed massive deal:

How many tons will be imported?
When will it be available?
What price for delivery to the USA midwest after shipping?
How will it be shipped given Baltic/EU country sanctions against Belarus and Russia is already at capacity via St. Petersburg?
What happens to the rest of the global market for fertilizer already impacted by blocked shipping of synthetic fertilizer through the Strait of Hormuz?

Here's an older news article that goes into more details about Belarus' Potash:

https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-potash-exports-barriers-iran-us/33711730.html

[-] radish6367@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

“Even if Lithuania opened its port of Klaipeda ⁠to Belarusian potash exports, the relatively low current value of potash makes it hard to justify exports through the Baltic and across the Atlantic Ocean, Linville said.” Source

[-] Linucksman@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah makes sense he is really worried about the rapidly dropping polls. He made 100 billion dollars in 2 years and put USA in 40 trillion debt. Imagine in another 2 years USA will be 100 trillion in debt and Donny Boy will be the richest man In the world which is his only goal.

[-] scrodumb@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Desperate attempt to win votes until they learn Russian potash is of inferior quality next to Canadian and whatever price savings on paper are eliminated when you need more input reap last year's harvest.

A major tenet of project 2025 is to bankrupt small AG and buy the land up for cheap in order to control food.

This was always part of the plan.

Luckily Canada has rich high quality potash and a wait list of international buyers. We'll be fine. USA can starve.